That rumbling you hear in the residential real estate market is SB9—either a silver bullet or a boogeyman, depending on where you stand.
Senate Bill 9 is the latest law with the potential to reshape California. read more »
Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about placesCalifornia's SB9 Housing Bill Starting To Sound Like Prop 13
by Jerry Sullivan 03/21/2022
That rumbling you hear in the residential real estate market is SB9—either a silver bullet or a boogeyman, depending on where you stand. Senate Bill 9 is the latest law with the potential to reshape California. read more »
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Foreign Threats Demand a Muscular Domestic Response
by Joel Kotkin 03/20/2022
With our natural resources, our productive capacity, and the genius of our people for mass production we will...outstrip the Axis powers in munitions of war. »
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Demographics of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
by Sami J. Karam 03/18/2022
In his article of last summer “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, Vladimir Putin wrote the following: read more » »
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How America's Division Empowers Putin
by Joel Kotkin 03/17/2022
For more than a decade, Vladimir Putin has sought to sow division and undermine American democracy. Now that he’s distracted by the conflict unfolding in Ukraine, his successor has stepped into the spotlight: America’s political class. read more » »
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60 Desks for Every 100 Workers
by Randal OToole 03/16/2022
Mutual of Omaha is building a new headquarters in downtown Omaha, which at first appears to be a revival of downtown fortunes. But the company has 4,000 employees in the Omaha area, and the new headquarters will have room for no more than 2,500 of them, as the rest are expected to work from home on any given day. read more » »
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Tarnishing the Golden State
by Joel Kotkin 03/15/2022
No state advertises its egalitarian bona fides more than California. Governor Gavin Newsom brags that his state is “the envy of the world,” a place that is “not going to abandon our poor people.” In his inauguration speech, he claimed that “unlike the Washington plutocracy, California isn’t satisfied serving a powerful few on one side of the velvet rope. The California Dream is for all.” read more » The Travails of Washington Metrorail
by Wendell Cox 03/14/2022
Washington’s Metrorail has sometimes been called “America’s Subway.” The first segment opened in 1976 (see photo above) and now extends over about 115 miles (185 kilometers), with 91 stations in the District of Columbia as well as suburban areas in the states of Virginia and Maryland. Metrorail has generally boasted the second strongest ridership of any urban rail system in the nation, following the New York City subway read more »
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Gas, Grain — and Chips — Will Make Us the 'Future Belt'
by Dale Buss 03/13/2022
No thanks to President Biden — who botched our star turn in his State of the Union address and refuses to loosen his restrictions on our hydrocarbon industry —but Flyover Country is beginning to experience a major moment. read more » »
Studs Terkel's Working, 50 Years On
by Tim Strangleman 03/11/2022
As I prepared to teach my module on work this year, I realised that Studs Terkel’s book Working celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2022. It’s a book that both reflects and helps to explain working-class life. read more » »
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The Great New Game
by Joel Kotkin and Hugo Kruger 03/10/2022
Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine will be remembered as one of the great crimes of the 21st century. The ensuing humanitarian crisis has already caused more than two million refugees to flee their homeland. read more » »
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